[스타일기]부활 채제민⑤ 밴드에서 배운 교훈

“Lessons Learned From A Band”

Released 3 June 2010, 09.06 am

=Finally, the final part of Chae Jemin’s Star’s Diary. I specially post this one today coz it happens to be Jemin Oppa’s birthday~Happy Birthday, Jemin Oppa! 제민오빠 생일 축하드려요~^^~~Check out the complete version here. One more note, this article was published before Boohwal Music Academy which is run by Jemin Oppa was built, so that’s why you don’t find a hint of it~ check out the related news by clicking the name above~ ^^=

채제민에게 드럼 연주는 손과 발을 모두 움직이는 놀이이자 끝없는 공부다.

=For Chae Jemin, playing the drum is a game where he has to move his arms and legs, and a never-ending lesson=

Chae Jemin is very affectionate. His affection goes to many people. Family, friends, Boohwal. The drumsticks that’s been with him for 25 years. Never once he regretted his choice to do music. On contrary, he feels more attachment to music as time goes by. His pride grows as much as he’s poured (hard work) in his life.

“밴드에서 드럼은 기둥과 같다. 중심을 잡고 묵묵히 서야 밴드가 바로 설 수 있다.”

“In a band, the drum is like a pillar. The band could only stand up with the drum being a strong center.”

In reality, the drum is not glamorous. It’s always on the back of the stage. Only so many people give attention to it. Worse, in band recording, drummer position could be replaced. That’s how it was when he recorded Tisams Album. Their production company said that his skills weren’t good enough so they invited other drummer. The drummer was Moon Young-Bae. A veteran whose worked with “Love and Peace,” “Sin Jung-Hyeon,” and other great musicians. Chae Jemin’s self-esteem was hurt. He couldn’t take the fake recording. A shaking pillar, from the beginning. The result was as clear as the daylight.

After Tisams broke up, Chae Jemin saw only darkness in his future. The frustration led him to wander. He needed to find out how he could live a life of a musician. After wandering around for quite a while, he looked for Moon Young-Bae in his studio. He wants to become a real musician, thus he asked for Moon to take him as his student. He started a life being a chore boy who’d do all odd jobs. 4 years went by that way.

“드럼 기교와 음악인의 도리에 대해 많이 배웠다. 그때 선생님의 조언 덕에 지금의 내가 있을 수 있었다.”

“I learned a lot about drum skills and the way to being a musician. I am only here today thanks to my teacher’s advice.”

Chae Jemin transfers the teaching to the next generations through various means. Private lesson, music school, concerts. He enjoys teaching online music school. He was the first person to teach drum by video-lesson in Korea through an internet site “School Music”. The situation was really poor when he started. He could finally secure the server thanks to a close person’s assistance. He also produced all of the videos by himself.

“카메라맨을 구할 돈이 없어 셀프카메라 방식으로 연주를 촬영했다. 수익이 전무했지만, 강의를 올릴 때마다 보람을 상당했다.”

“I recorded the drum lesson using self-camera coz I couldn’t afford to pay a cameraman. I made no profit, but it was incredibly worth while.”

He keeps this teaching activity even until now. He teaches applicable music in university lectures. He gives concert training that wasn’t applied in campuses before. But Chae Je Min always devote his spare time to gather all theories for his teaching material. Because he believes that it’s the right way to educate.

To him, in education, the most important thing is “joy.” He helps his students find what they like from the music they choose. In reality, the condition of the music industry is not good. Among his graduated students, approximately only 10% continues doing music. He feels strongly responsible as a person who is doing music right on stage. He feels sorry to his students. Although he teaches, he knows fairly well. How rough the path to be a musician is in the Republic of Korea.

“마지막 수업에서 ‘최고가 돼라’고 당부하는 내 모습에 슬픔을 느낀 적이 많다.”

“In last lectures, asking my students to “Be the Best”, a lot of times I feel sad.”

The drumsticks that’s been with him for 25 years. It also went through so many difficult times. It’s all thanks to the band that he could make it up to now. The feeling of fellowship and responsibility given by an organization, comes to be a driving force that keep him doing music.

“함께 해야 모든 쉽게 이겨낼 수 있다. 제자들에게 밴드를 권하는 것도 모두 이 때문이다.”

“We can do anything easily when we’re together. That’s why I always advise my students to be in a band.”

Chae Je Min, he dreams to eternally be Boohwal member. Somewhere along the way, Boohwal becomes a family. It’s not always harmonious, but it’s comfortable and he has overflowing attachment to it. He does not fear to walk the path before him, he’s reassured. He has faith. That he will always be with Boohwal until the end. That’s why the silent drumstick feels so light.

Summer 1993. Kim Tae-Won was working on Boohwal’s third album and tries to make a change to the color of music. He wanted to make a clear and calm melody instead of the existing rough sound. He wanted to express “love that is beautiful, yet sad” through rock-ballad. The person who made him changed his mind was the girl on the song “Reminiscence III” (The Last Concert) he composed, now his wife, Lee Hyeon-Ju.

They met for the first time in a cafe around Nakwon shopping district in the year1984. A blind date arranged by a friend. Kim Tae-Won, heading to the dating spot, had butterflies in his heart. He had a tip that the girl is his ideal type, a pure (naive) girl. 상점 유리창 앞에서 그는 용모를 점검했다. Black trench coat and white shoes. With a-just-curled long hair that boost her confidence. 당차게 들어선 카페에서 김태원은 이현주를 단번에 알아봤다. 아담한 체구와 귀여운 외모. 초롱초롱한 눈망울은 친구의 말 그대로였다.

“처음 본 순간부터 마음이 흔들렸다. 화려한 언변으로 가까워지려고 애썼다.”

“My heart wobbled since the first time I saw here. I worked hard to get close to her using my impressive conversational skills.

She was mesmerized with his stories about music which was new for her 그녀는 이후 사랑을 넘어 생명의 은인으로 거듭났다. Kim Tae-Won went through the biggest crisis in his life through his drugs addiction and his time in prison. Lee Hyeon-Joo was a streak of light in the dark for him. Weaken by rebuke and alienation, she helped Kim Tae-Won back up little by little.

Without missing a day, she came to the prison and registered to meet him everyday. When he frequent a mental hospital, she also stayed with him like a shadow and trusted him. A noble and pure love cures everything. When he was on the jig dealing with the aftereffect of marijuana, his shaking hands became warm. The warmth was delivered from the end of (her/his) hands to his heart, and it bloomed to be the passion to life.

“현주의 노력 덕에 다시 음악을 할 수 있었다. 그녀를 위해 사랑을 주제로 한 노래를 만들고 싶었다.”

“Thanks to Hyeon-Joo’s hard work, I could do music again. I wanted to make a song about love for her.”

Kim Tae-Won made a successful comeback. Boohwal’s third album which the title song “The More I Love” was inserted in was sold out over 1 million copies and gained popularity for Boohwal. The smile that was once gone from his face came back. Not only because of the public’s attention. He was happy that he could kept the promise he made to his wife.

“앨범 발매 전 치룬 결혼식에서 행복하게 해주겠다고 한 약속을 늘 잊지 않으려고 노력한다.”

“I always work hard not to forget the promise I made in the wedding ceremony just before the album was released that I would always make her happy.

Their marriage was barely consented for they both come from households originated from the North. After 17 years, Kim Tae-Won is now a father of a son and a daughter. Sending the daughter Seo-Hyeon to study abroad, the whole family except Kim Tae-Won now live in the Philippines. A new life of a “wild goose father” in an office-tell in Seoul. Even though he takes the airplane once a week to the Philippines, the longing for his family doesn’t fade away.

그는 늘 꿈꾼다. 행복한 가족과의 나날을.더 좋은 남편과 아버지가 된 자신을.

He always dreams. The daily lives of a happy family. For himself to be a better husband and father.

“I want to leave beautiful memories for my wife and children. Even when I’m gone from this world, I wish they could reminisce “My husband, my father, was a good person,” I think I don’t have anything else I want more than that.